† countantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Giving or liable to give account; = accountant adj.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable
accountablec1400
accountant1429
answerable1446
responsalc1460
countable1495
liable1542
chargeable1546
responsable1565
correspondent1612
countant1638
responsible1640
responsive1642
amenablea1781
1638 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 167 He..deposd My father in my swathed infancy, For which he shall be countant.
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adj.1638- to make a mill of
- to make a mint
- to make a mint of money
- to make a miracle
- to make a miration
- to make a misdeal
- to make a mislick
- to make whole
- to make whoopee
- to make win a conquest
- to make wing
- to make winter
- to make wise
- to make with
- to make woe
- to make words
- to make work
- to make work for
- to make wreck
- to make yare
- to make yield a vow
- to make —— of
- to make —— sense
- to make, a livelihood
- to make, do waste